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	Probert Encyclopaedia: Ships (A-Ai) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		HMS Acasta was a British A class destroyer of 1350 tons built by John Brown and launched in 1929.
		HMS Achates was a British A class destroyer of 1350 tons built by John Brown and launched in 1929.
		HMS Agincourt was powered by three Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 34 knots and carried a crew of 250 in peace time and 337 during the Second World War.
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	navywwii (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		HMS Avenger was an auxilliary aircraft carrier and was sunk by a U-boat torpedo West of the Gibraltar Straits.
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		HMS Polyanthus was a Flower Class corvette and was sunk by a U-boat torpedo in the North Atlantic.
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		Her sole escort was the destroyer HMS Griffin which rescued a total of 766 of the troops and crew on board and landed them at Greenock, the wounded being taken to Hairmyres Hospital in East Kilbride.
		HMS Wryneck and HMS Diamond were both sunk in the attack with the loss of nearly both their crews and all the survivors of the Slamat.
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	HMS Achates (H12) - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation HMS Achates (H12) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		HMS Achates was an A-class destroyer of the Royal Navy launched on 4 October 1929 and commissioned on 27 March 1930.
		Achates was on escort duty protecting the Russian convoy PQ 51B when she was sunk in the Barents Sea on the 31 December, 1942 by the German cruiser Admiral Hipper.
		He continued to steer the stricken ship and maintain the laying down of smoke screen to protect and shield the convoy, unfortunately when the survivors were picked up the wheelhouse was totally destroyed by further shelling and Seaman MacIver lost his life.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/HMS-Achates-H12.html (265 words)

	HMS ACHERON - Find Friends from HMS ACHERON at Forces Reunited
		Leslie Curd was at HMS Acheron between 1957 and 1969
		Thomas Griffiths was at HMS Acheron between 1938 and 1944
		Geoff Moule was at HMS Acheron between 1963 and 1971
	www.forcesreunited.org.uk /namearchive/units/HMSNames/HMS-Acheron.html (168 words)

	Battle of Jutland Information - TextSheet.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		HMS Benbow (Flagship of Vice Admiral Sir Doveton Sturdee; Capt. H.W. Parker)
		HMS Invincible (Flagship of Rear Admiral The Hon.
		HMS Minotaur (Flagship of Rear Admiral H.L. Heath; Capt. A.C.S.H. D'Aeth)
	www.search-mesothelioma.com /encyclopedia/b/ba/battle_of_jutland.html (3549 words)

	22 April 1940
		HMS Glorious, in company with the destroyers HMS Hyperion, HMS Hereward, and HMS Hasty, arrives off Scapa Flow at 1500, where she is joined by the destroyers HMS Arrow, HMS Acheron, and HMS Brazen to cover her during the flight evolutions that follow.
		HMS Ark Royal embarks four squadrons with 44 aircraft: 800 (9 Skua, 2 Roc), 801 (9 Skua, 3 Roc), 810 (12 Swordfish), and 820 (9 Swordfish).
		HMS Glorious embarks 263 Squadron, RAF (17 Gladiators) and three FAA squadrons with 27 fighters: 803 (12 Skua), 802 Squadron (9 Sea Gladiators), 804 Squadron (9 Sea Gladiators).
	homepage.ntlworld.com /andrew.etherington/1940/04/22.htm (982 words)

	Acheron - Acheron - The Acheron River (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Acheron was one of the rivers of the Underworld.
		It was at the confluence of the Acheron and the river Styx that the hero Odysseus dug a pit and poured
		Acheron is an Underworld river in Greek mythology.
	easynetusa.com /?q=acheron (238 words)

	A Class Destroyers
		HMS Codrington was built by Swan Hunter at Wallsend, and launched 7th August 1929, she was bombed and sunk in Dover Harbour 27th July 1940.
		H.09 Built at Clydebank and launched on the 8th August 1929, HMS Acasta was sunk on the 8th June 1940 while in action against the German battle cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau.
		HMS Achantes, H.12 Built at Clydebank and launched 4th October 1929, sunk on the 17th December 1942 while engaging Admiral Hipper in the Barents Sea.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /a_class.htm (1404 words)

	The Dreadnought Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		This is unusual, as the Acheron herself is a builder-customized variant, or "Special" who differed from her nominal sisters by being around 11 feet longer, and being 2 knots faster than the Admiralty design, thanks to 2,000 additional horsepower (Acheron 29 knots, 15,500 S.H.P.)
		Acheron and her sisters all had the same armament.
		In particular, her 4" guns are not complete and the 12 pdrs I show in the renders are adapted from incomplete 12 pdrs of a different type (18 cwt.
	www.dreadnoughtproject.org /models/ships/HMS_Acheron (210 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Destroyer HMS Acheron of the A class
		HMS Acheron (Lt. J.R. Wilson, RN) was mined off the Isle of Wright on 17 December 1940.
		HMS Acheron was damaged by German aircraft during a air raid on Portsmouth.
		The loss of HMS Acheron was made public.
	uboat.net /allies/warships/ship/4342.html (197 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		She is still carrying her three TSR squadrons, 810, 820, and 821 1940 - HMS Glorious, in company with the destroyers HMS Hyperion, Hereward & Hasty, arrives off Scapa Flow at 1500, where she is joined by the destroyers HMS Arrow, Acheron & Brazen to cover her during the flight evolutions that follow.
		With the operation complete, HMS Arrow, HMS Acheron, and HMS Bulldog are detached to Rosyth while the rest put into Scapa Flow to refuel 1940 - HMS Furious, though now with a failing engine, continues to support the Allied effort.
		The tools belonged to HMS Victory's surgeon William Beatty who used them on Nelson during the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.Beatty tried in vain to save Nelson after the admiral was shot by a sniper from the rigging of a French warship.
	www.seawaves.com /newsletters/TDIH/april/22Apr.txt (2005 words)

	HMS Acheron (P411) - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation HMS Acheron (P411) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		HMS Acheron (P411) - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation HMS Acheron (P411).
		Here you will find more informations about HMS Acheron (P411).
		She was decommissioned and broken up in 1972 at the yard of J Cashmore of Newport.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/HMS-Acheron-P411.html (156 words)

	PART 1 ROYAL NEW ZEALAND NAVY \| NZETC
		HMS Diomede was commissioned at Portsmouth on 21 October 1925 for service with the New Zealand Division and arrived at Auckland in January 1926.
		On 23 August a signal was made to HMS Wellington recalling her to Auckland from her cruise in the South Sea Islands, and orders were issued to the Leander and Achilles and the sloops to complete to full war storage.
		The strict observance of wireless silence by HMS Cumberland, which on 5 October was informed by the British steamer Martand that a raider had attacked a ship in a given position, left the Commander-in-Chief South Atlantic and the Admiralty without news of the raider for three weeks.
	www.nzetc.org /tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Navy-pt1.html (13713 words)

	Tri-ang Minic Ships - "A" Class Submarine Reconstructed
		At the same time the 2 external bow tubes, 2 external stern tubes and the 4" deck gun were removed from most of the boats reducing them to six 21" internal torpedo tubes, 4 bow and 2 stern.
		The sixteen boats commissioned were HMS Acheron, HMS Aenas, HMS Affray, HMS Alaric, HMS Alcide, HMS Alderney, HMS Alliance, HMS Ambush, HMS Amphon, HMS Anchorite, HMS Andrew, HMS Artemis, HMS Artful, HMS Astute, HMS Auriga and HMS Aurochs.
		HMS Affray, which had not been reconstructed, was lost in the English Channel on 17
	www.triangminicships.com /classic_edition/navy/a_class_sub_recon.htm (292 words)

	May 2nd 1940 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Richard Been Stannard (1902-77), RNR, of HMS Arab (trawler of 15th A/S Striking Force), showed great courage during 31 attacks on his ship from 28 April to 2 May, in one case saving a jetty ablaze from burning ammunition, and is awarded the VC.
		This afternoon when advance elements of the German 196th Division march into Åndalsnes, they found the port ruined by bombs of the Luftwaffe - and empty of British troops.
		HMS Ark Royal and HMS Glorious, in company with battleship HMS Valiant, heavy cruiser HMS Berwick, and destroyers HMS Fury, HMS Encounter, HMS Escort, HMS Fearless, HMS Acheron, HMS Antelope, HMS Fortune, and HMS Kimberley continue to steam towards Scapa.
	www.angelfire.com /my/rememberww2/1940/05/02.htm (317 words)

	Naval Actions and losses 1940
		HMS Ivanhoe struck a mine and sank in the mouth of the River Texel.
		Destroyer HMS Javelin of the 5th destroyer flotilla torpedoed by German destroyers Richard Beitzen, Lody and Galster in the Channel.
		Destroyer HMS Hyperion struck a mine and was torpedoed by the destroyer HMS Janus.
	www.wolftree.freeserve.co.uk /Naval/Naval_Actions_WW240.html (1763 words)

	www.hydro-international.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		To remedy this situation, the Hydrographer of the Navy Admiral Beaufort, selected HMS Acheron, a barque-rigged paddle wheel steamship of 700 tons, to be fitted out for hydrographic work.
		The crew were ecstatic at the thought of an early return home; only the surveying officers, and particularly Captain Stokes, were dismayed at the outcome, the latter expressing his feelings at this time in a draft of a proposed letter to the Hydrographer.
		The survey of New Zealand waters was to be continued with a 400 ton sailing brig, HMS Pandora, under the command of Captain Byron Drury, largely of the dangerous bar harbours of Kaipara, Manukau and Kawhia on the west coast of the North Island.
	www.hydro-international.com /v_hydro/archives/chapter_content.asp?v0=detail&v1=2 (1276 words)

	On-line Application
		HMS E15 ran aground after trying to enter the Sea of Marmara on 17 April 1915.
		S class submarine HMS Sterlet lost in the Skagerrak with all crew of 30.
		It is thought that she may have been sunk by minesweeper M 75 on 17 April or mined as she made her way home on 22 April
	www.submariners.co.uk /Dits/OTD/index.php?m=4&d=17 (57 words)

	HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYING - HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYING - 1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand
		On this date Captain J. Stokes, RN, in command of HMS Acheron, an auxiliary paddle steamer, began the task which was to cause his name to be inscribed with honour in the annals of the hydrographic surveying profession.
		HMS Endeavour, a converted coal-burning steam yacht, under the command of Captain A. Wyatt, RN, began the resurvey of the coast in 1937.
		In agreement with the New Zealand Government, who were to assist with a part of the costs involved, the Admiralty undertook to provide a complete scheme of new charts for the country involving the resurvey of much of the coastline and many of the ports and anchorages.
	www.teara.govt.nz /1966/H/HydrographicSurveying/en (960 words)

	Loss Of The Master's Mate And Three Of The Crew Of The Acheron (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		A most lamentable accident occurred to one of the boats of the Acheron, early on Wednesday, Sept., 25, by which one of the officers and three of the crew lost their lives.
		On Wednesday, another party was despatched from the Acheron, to go in search of them with provisions, as Captain Stokes was apprehensive the missing men might be suffering from want of food, as the time had expired for which they were provisioned on starting.
		All hands had, it appeared, after being washed out, regained the boat, which a second sea righted, but on being struck again, the whole crew were carried towards the shore by the waves, which they all reached senseless, but in Mr.
	www.pbenyon.plus.com /Gazette/RN_Vessels/Acheron.html (245 words)

	Our Ship (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In 2002 it was agreed to establish a formal affiliation between HMS Northumberland and the Worshipful Company of Bowyers.
		Renamed HMS Acheron in 1904, she remained in this role until 1909, when she became a coal hulk.
		The current HMS Northumberland is the fifth to bear the name in British Service, and the sixth world wide.
	www.bowyers.com /public/ship.html (822 words)

	Order of Battle - Battle of Jutland - 31 May to 1 June 1916
		HMS Lurcher,E31, E53, D6 left Harwich on the evening of 30th May to patrol positions off Southwold, midway to the Dutch coast.
		HMS Talisman, G2, G3, G4, G5 left Harwich at 1200, 31st May for a patrol position on the SE side of the Dogger Bank.
		HMS Hampshire, with Lord Kitchener on board, was sunk in this minefield on 5th June.
	www.navweaps.com /index_oob/OOB_WWI/OOB_WWI_Jutland.htm (3138 words)

	The Dreadnought Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The first ship model I started is HMS Dreadnought, a revolutionary ship built in 1906 for the Royal Navy.
		Though she did not spark the naval arms race between Britain and Germany, she came to define the naval epoch, lending her name to over 60 ships which were built in her pattern of big guns on a fast, sturdy vessel.
		The Dreadnought's model is in a reasonably nice form, but I suspended work on it to start a smaller subject -- the destroyer HMS Acheron.
	www.dreadnoughtproject.org (851 words)

	DNZB / BIOGRAPHY
		Sadly, the journey was marred for the Acheron 's captain by the death of Fanny Stokes; she was buried at Simonstown, South Africa.
		An informal narrative of the Acheron 's journey, long attributed to Stokes, was in fact written by a clerk on board, G. Hansard, and is now held in two parts, the first in the National Maritime Museum, London, and the second in the Hocken Library, Dunedin.
		An example of the Acheron narrative's historical value is an account, from eye-witness memory, of the sacking of Kaiapoi pa in 1831.
	www.dnzb.govt.nz /dnzb/Essay_Body.asp?PersonEssay=1S24 (1023 words)

	Hms betsey 1724 - Virginia Gazette Index: Rum-Russell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Hms betsey 1724 - Virginia Gazette Index: Rum-Russell
		Aboard his flagship, HMS Eagle, he had spent much of the bv Indians, 1724, ransomed by her father, 1725; m Spouse: (1)Elizabeth "Betsey" West; (2)Mercy Tinkham.
		Betsey is a dedicated and insightful observer of matters social and naval: One of the very few recent contributions the on-going HMS Bounty Mutiny saga
	o-dir.com /odir/hms-betsey-1724.html (213 words)

	kiev.ca - HMS Ardent (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Amazon.co.uk: Through Fire and Water: HMS "Ardent" - The Forgotten Frigate of the...
		the aircraft carrier HMS Glorious and her escorting destroyers HMS Acasta and HMS Ardent were intercepted in the...
		El HMS Ardent soportÃ³ el peso de los ataques de la aviaciÃ³n argentina el dÃa 21 de mayo.
	www.kiev.ca /HMS-Ardent/web/search (246 words)

	CHAPTER 1 Genesis of Royal New Zealand Navy \| NZETC
		In 1848 came Captain J. Stokes in HMS Acheron and Commander Byron Drury in HMS Pandora on the first detailed survey of New Zealand's coasts and harbours.
		In August 1919 Admiral of the Fleet Lord Jellicoe arrived in the Dominion in HMS New Zealand in the course of a world tour to investigate and report on the problems of the naval defence of the Empire.
		Included in her complement was a detachment of Royal Marines whose arrival marked the beginning of a long association of that famous corps with the New Zealand Naval Forces.
	www.nzetc.org /tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Navy-c1.html (5288 words)

	D-008-002.info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		HEADING:[Evans, Frederick John Owen] 1815-1885 :[H M S Acheron in Milford Sound ca 11th March 1851] RECID:D-008-002 PRF:D QTY:1\watercolour(s) PHDESC:Watercolour 354 x 883 mm SCOPE:Panoramic view of Milford Sound with survey ship H. Acheron on the far right and a group of Maori on the foreshore.
		The painting was not at that stage attributed to Evans and was published as 'Artist unknown'.ýThe group of Maori are likely to have been introduced by the artist to give scale and human interest.
		The Admiral's grand daughter, Miss Marjorie Samson died in 1961 and bequeathed to ATL this together with A-133/004, & 5 & 2 scenes of Portugal, all probably by the same artist.
	timeframes1.natlib.govt.nz /0_D-008-002.info (254 words)

	Index of Shipping Losses and Accidents
		HMS Acheron - RoP of passage to Sydney - 1848.
		HMS Acheron - Loss of a part of boat's crew - 1850.
		HMS Dido - Concern for loss of crew of the Vanguard - maybe murdered by natives - 1947.
	www.pbenyon.plus.com /Gazette/Index.html (3228 words)

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